ORTHOPAEDICS IN CHINA:ITS PAST AND PRESENT

Abstract

Orthopaedics in china originated chinese medicine and Western medicine. In the first half of twentieth century , Dr. meng chimao(Beijing),New Way Sung (Shanghai),Fang Hsienchi, and others contributed a great deal to development of modern orthopaedics in china. The orthopaedic group was organized under the auspecies of Chinese Medical Association in 1937. The chinese Medical Association Orthopaedic Society was wstablished in 1980. The main achievements of Orthopaedics in China include replantation of severed limb or fingres,toe teansplantation for thumb and fonger reconstruction, nerve teansfer for brachial plexus avulsion, resrarch and manufacturing of domestic prostheses and the techniques of artifival joint replacement, surgical treatment of severe scoliosis and classification of idiopathic scoliosis, operative tireatment of bone tumor, and basic research on giant cell tumor of bone. Key words: Orthopaedics in China ; Achievement ; Trends ;